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Ontario, April 25: As Canada heads toward its 2025 federal election, Elections Canada has made a firm decision—no voting machines, no digital shortcuts. Voters across the country will mark their choices with pencils, and election workers will count those votes by hand, just as they’ve done for generations.This traditional method might seem outdated in an era dominated by technology, but Elections Canada insists it’s the best option. “Highly efficient, effective, and secure,” is how James Hale, the agency’s media advisor, described the time-tested pencil-and-paper approach. Despite British Columbia’s use of electronic vote tabulators in their 2024 provincial election, the federal…